MONDO MANDINGO: THE FALCONHURST BOOKS & FILMS
By Paul Talbot
Softcover; 306 pages; B/W
In the late 50's, there began a titillating series of novels detailing the lurid, sexually charged and violent circumstances occurring on slave breeding plantations in the pre-Civil War South. The entire series of scandalous books sold millions and led to one of the most controversial movies of the 1970's.
Paul Talbot (author of the likewise recommended BRONSON'S LOOSE!: THE MAKING OF THE DEATH WISH FILMS) has taken up the arduous task of amassing virtually any and every piece of background information on both the provocative and sizzling novels and everything you would ever want to know about the feature films, MANDINGO (1975) and its far more exploitative sequel, DRUM (1976).
Those involved in the production of the two films (both in front of, and behind the camera) reveal the controversy and the difficulties bringing the two films to the big screen. Talbot also goes the extra mile in detailing other cinematic entries in the salacious subgenre of slavesploitation.
Having only perused the book chapter by chapter, it definitely grabs the readers attention especially those with a taste for the exploitative and wild side of sinema. Any cinefile with a passing interest in background information of movies (especially ones of this sort) will find much to enjoy here.
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